adjuration

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New York's volcanic little Mayor Fiorello Henry LaGuardia is paternally proud of his neat fleet of silver streamlined, street-cleaning trucks, which bear the adjuration: Our City�Yours and Mine�Keep It Clean.

From Time Magazine Archive

Marjorie made a never-to-be-forgotten picture, as surrounded by her body guard, she stood with her arms full of roses and listened to the quaint adjuration to Beautye.

From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Lester, Pauline

Finally, Lem wound up his appeal with a stern adjuration.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

"I would have answered you truly without any adjuration," answered the clergyman.

From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

Playing backgammon with Pope Jules II., his form of adjuration was Chardieu bénit! when he lost, and Chardon bénit! when he won.

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian